Sermon title: Two Benefits from Scripture
Sermon texts: Romans 15:1-13 (Isaiah 11:10-11)

Abstract: The Holy Spirit is our Comforter and Helper in these difficult days. The Bible says that all unbelievers will reject the things of the Spirit of God because their hearts and minds are blinded by the devil. Everything about God and Christ and his church is foolishness to them. This will be the state of the world until our Lord Jesus Christ returns to gather all of us his people into the new heaven and new earth.
Scripture encourages us that our hope is only in Christ. We do not put our hope and trust in the power and might of presidents and politicians. Only in Christ will we endure our sufferings. The last verse in this sermon series on the letter to the Romans exhorts us to look up to heaven because our blessed hope is coming soon!

Excerpt: Because we love our Lord, we keep his commandments (John 14:15). And by keeping his commandments, the unbelieving world around us hate us as they hate him. We see this persecution in all nations, including ours. We are mocked, harassed and called all kinds of evil names when we openly say we are Christians. Our children are brainwashed from kindergarten through college with anti-Christian teachings about abortion, transgenderism, disrespect of authorities and socialism. All of us are bombarded with anti-Christian movies, news and shows on TV and social media. Our government institutions and private businesses have become tools of Satan. This is why it is extremely difficult for Christians to watch TV these days.